writings related to
the boiling season
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•“Helping Haiti,” an article I wrote about a recent trip with a charitable group developing aid projects in rural Haiti.
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•My essay at The Millions on political aversion and how it influenced the writing of The Boiling Season.
FICTION:
Madison Smartt Bell
The Stone that the Builder Refused
Alejo Carpentier
Marie Vieux-Chauvet
Edwidge Danticat
Mayra Montero
Jacques Roumain
Lyonel Trouillot
author interviews & features
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•“Competing Interests: An Interview with Christopher Hebert,” by Michael Shilling at Fiction Writers Review
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•“Margaret Lazarus Dean and Christopher Hebert: The Hot Literary Couple Next Door” at the Metro Pulse
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•Interview with T Hetzel on the Living Writers show on WCBN (podcast from 3/21/12).
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•“The Weight of Blood and History” with Madison Smartt Bell at Chapter 16 about the inspiration and influence behind The Boiling Season
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•Interview with Cari Gervin at the Metro Pulse
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•Interview with Terry Shaw at the Knoxville News Sentinel
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•Interview with Christian Feuerstein at The Independent
If you'd like to arrange a visit, web chat, Skype, or conference call with me for your book club or class, drop me a note.
NONFICTION:
Edwidge Danticat
Laurent Dubois
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History
Katherine Dunham
Peter Hallward
C. L. R. James
Amy Wilentz
recommended reading
